As I understand it the last shuttle is at 12 noon correct? There should be shuttles up until closing time at immigration but I guess beggars cannot be choosers.

t

Looks like the Promenada shuttle service starts as the immigration shuttle service finishes so not exactly a problem?

I don't think that very many folk have a reason to complain. There ain't no shuttle to my village 70 km South of the Promenade. Buy a motorcycle, bicycle, rent a tuk tuk, songtaw, start a car pool, make a meeting via Meetup.org, call Lanna Care dot Net. There is more than one solution out there. Especially for people not living out in South Lamphun or Lampang provinces or other places out in the rice paddies of rural Thailand nowhere-ville. You think you have issues? Think again. So "Don't Worry; Be Happy."

"But but, I live on Moon Muang and its like a major inconvenience to find transport to that 'way out of the way' Promenade."

ZZZZzzzzzzzz <falling of deaf ears; you have options that many of us do not>

Share this post

Link to post

Share on other sites

A friend called to report on how his retirement extension was processed this morning. He had an appointment and the Immigration officer was 20 minutes late in calling his name, but apologized for being late. He said there was only one I/O for each function -- one for retirement extensions, one for 90 day reports, one for re-entry permits and they didn't have assistants like they did at the old office. Customers have to wait outside in the heat and there aren't enough chairs. He wondered how people without appointments were even being seen -- at best the one officer could handle maybe one between appointments.

His appointment was at 10:30 and he was told to come back after lunch to pick up his passport.

He wasn't asked to provide any proof of address.

They did have a couple of interns screening documents, but they missed a copy that he needed. He also heard them tell someone that doing a retirement extension counts as doing a 90-day report. Wrong!

He says the new office is very clean and uncluttered. I guess that's nice anyway.

Share this post

Link to post

Share on other sites

I went to Promanada to do a 90 day report yesterday. My first one. There were a few snafus. When I went to the first desk I was issued a wrong color card for 90 day reporting. Once I got this figured out I got a green colored card. When I got to the desk and since it was my first time reporting I needed a form (TM 48 I think ....verifiying my residence at the guesthouse I stay) so I was shifted to another desk. I think the immigration people call and verify that you actually live where you reported. But I could be wrong ..just what I was told. When that was completed I went back to the 90 day line.

The girl at the residency desk did not tell any of use that we would need to have our paperwork from the residency desk copied so the first person back to 90 day was told... and then 5 or so of us headed to the copy shop. Then back and completed.

I arrived at 12:15pm and was issued a number. Was told to come back after 1pm. About 1:30 or so I figured out I had the wrong color and swaped it out for the correct one. About 2:30 or 2:45 I got to 90 desk and was sent to 'housemaster' desk. then back to 90 day around 3:45. Completed and out the door a litle before 4pm. Effectively 3 hours total. Those with 90 day reporting only (no residency thing) were in and out in 1 to 1.5 hours total if they came in right after lunch.

One big issue I encountered had nothing to do with immigration. There were no red trucks outside to hitch a ride back to the Old City. Across the superhighway at the other immigration they were plenty of red trucks)

I lived in Los Angeles for years. Going here and doing the 90 day report was no worse then going to the DMV for a drivers license. But I will do my reports be mail from now on if I can.

Share this post

Link to post

Share on other sites

A friend called to report on how his retirement extension was processed this morning. He had an appointment and the Immigration officer was 20 minutes late in calling his name, but apologized for being late. He said there was only one I/O for each function -- one for retirement extensions, one for 90 day reports, one for re-entry permits and they didn't have assistants like they did at the old office. Customers have to wait outside in the heat and there aren't enough chairs. He wondered how people without appointments were even being seen -- at best the one officer could handle maybe one between appointments.

His appointment was at 10:30 and he was told to come back after lunch to pick up his passport.

He wasn't asked to provide any proof of address.

They did have a couple of interns screening documents, but they missed a copy that he needed. He also heard them tell someone that doing a retirement extension counts as doing a 90-day report. Wrong!

He says the new office is very clean and uncluttered. I guess that's nice anyway.

90 day reports can be done by mail if online doesn't work. Re entry permits are done at the airport. That would free all i/o to do the real stuff.

Share this post

Link to post

Share on other sites

The one at the airport is still open for some services and no indication if or when they will transfer all functions to the new facility. Talk on Thaivisa (rumors) is the new facility will be rebuilt, but that is not a certainty at the moment. If so, then the services there will have to move to another location.

Share this post

Link to post

Share on other sites

Any chance of starting a thread to give experiences at the new office. 31 posts and about two people who had been there and one who talked to some one on the phone. Might as well start up a hamburger thread will get more responses about them than this thread is getting about it's subject. Count me in. You now have 33 posts.